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Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma physical examination
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Patients with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma usually appear normal. Physical examination of patients with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is usually remarkable for abdominal distention, shifting dullness, a palpable abdominal mass, and coarse crackles upon auscultation of the lung bases.
Physical Examination
Physical Examination
Appearance of the Patient
- Patients with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma usually appear normal. [1]
Lungs
- Lungs are hyporesonant
- Coarse crackles upon auscultation of the lung bases
- Rhonchi
Abdomen
- Abdominal distention
- Abdominal tenderness in the right/left lower abdominal quadrant
- A palpable abdominal mass in the right/left lower abdominal quadrant
- Shifting dullness
References
References
- ↑ Ovary Epithelial tumors. Atlasgeneticsoncology (2016).http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/OvaryEpithTumID5230.html Accessed on February 29, 2016
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